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UOOD ADVICE.
Mr.. Misson Tells Farmers to Market
Their Cotton Slowly
Aud Alien Planters Will Clot Good
Vi ..es. Wants Figures on Oon
sninptlon by thc Bplnnors.
The fallowing letter which we ta ko
from the Augusta Chronlole will bc
read wltb interest:
Dear Slr: The convention of tho
Southoru Cotton Asscoiatlon, held lu
Asheville, IN. C., on tho 6th, bas ad
Journed, and passes down Into history
aa a most Important meeting. While I
was in hopos that this meeting would
tlx twelvo coots as tho minimum prioc
for cotton during this soason, willoh
price, whon the slzo of tho orop ie
taken into consideration, ls oheap,
they thoughtdlfferently-sloven conti
minimum was agreed upon aa tho oor
reou figure, and so, from now on,
eleven oents is tire minimum pries tc
be demanded by all loyal farmers foi
their cotton during this soason. When
ten cents per pound was tixed last
February by thc convention in New
Orloans and demanded by tho farmora,
all manner of fuu was made of the far
mern,and their association,by tho Wall
Street gang,but not so now;tboy know
by experience what tho farmers mean
and how well thoy will carry out their
agreements. If the farmers will prove
loyal, and I bellevo they wi'l, you will
see cotton selling from eleven cents
per pound insido of two weeks. Don't
rush your cotton on tho rnarkot too
rapidly, fellow farmers. Mirket it
slowly. 1 behove wo have the short
est crop we have had in years. And,
if 8Ufllolcnt labor can bo gotten, the
orop In Georgia and .South Carolina
will be gatluued by October first, and,
from tho best Information 1 can get,
the remainder of thc cotton belt ls in
the same tlx. As soon as lt dawns on
the spinnors and speculators how short
this orcp is you will see a rush for thc
for the staple, and up will go prlc:s.
Keep your cotton, draw enough money
on lt to pay your debts so as not to
block the wheels of commerce and
trade, pay your merohanbs, that they
may In turn pay tho wholesale mer
chants from who ui thoy bought the
goods sold you. When you do this no
one has a right to question your right
to hold your cotton and demand a fair
price for lt. The rapid marketing of
cotton during the last ten days ls re
sponsible for the decline in price?; bo
patient ; market slowly and you will
make money by lt. 1 oxpect to see
cotton sell for tltteen cents by Jan
uary 15th; therefore In my judgment
to rush cotton on thc markei means a
loss of money to you; but as before
advised, while demanding justice for
yourselves accord justice to others;
draw sullleient money on your cotton
and pay your debts so that tho man
you owe can pay his dobts and busi
ness will go along smoothly. 1 no
tice that tho census bureau ls out
with a report of cotton ginned up to
September 1st showing that 469 600
bales of the present crop was giunod
up to said date. This ls a bad show
lng for thc crop and demonstrates be
yond question that the crop ls in
poorer condition than rcccgn'zrd and
claimed by experts. No such an
amount of cotton would have been
opened In August If the crop was In a
healthy condition. More than half of
tho cotton oponed in August was
forced open by the dry, hot windi we
had. Lots of the bolls were unma
tured. Opened becausotho plant had
lost all of its vitality. Suoh condi
tions foreshadow a short season and a
short crop.
I expected to soo a full report . from
Mr. North at this time. I expected
to sec a report giving information on
both sides of this question, but I am
disappointed. Mr. North, it seoms,
ignores the instructions cf congress
and continue? co give all the informa
Mon be can gi YO from the farmers'
alelo of thc question, but remains
mum as to information from tho spin
ners sido. He gives us only a paittal
report.
If you will refer, Mr. E lltor, to the
records of congress of dato January
16th. l?Of), you will lind thc following
viz: "H :;ty-elghth congress, third
session, Louse joint resolution No.
186, In tho senate of tho United
States, January nth, 1005.
"R;ad twice and referred to the
committee on thecoMsus.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Authorizing and directing the
director of tho census to collect anil
publish additloiud statistics relating
to cotton.
"Resolve^, by tho senate and house
of representativos of the United
States of Amor?o* In congress assem
bled: That the director of the cernais
be, and he ls hereby authoii'/.jd and
directed to collect and publish on the
same date and at the same time he
makos publication of ginuers1 report
for cotton production provided for In
section nine of "An act of congres;
entitled an act to provide for a per
manent eensus ellice. Approved
March 6bb, n>02 " statistic? of the
consumption of cotton, the surplus ot
cotton he'd by the Manufacturers and
thoquinltyof colton exported, thc
statistics to bo i ll m mart zed as of Scp
tomber 1st, each year, so as to show
the cotton production and oonsump
tien of the preceding year.
Passed the house of representatives
January 16th, iD0f>.
Autest: A. MCDOWELL.
From the above wo seo that Mr.
Nor til is not only "authorized" but
"directed" to giye this additional in
foi motion, blithe, for ?orne unexplain
ed reason falls to do so. His duties are
made very plain. No discretion is loft
him. Ile is "authorized and directed"
to publish t his ad litlonal information,
yet he does not do lt. We do not ob
ject to the publication of Information
on our side of thc question provldi cl it
ls correct, anti provided further that
we arc given the Information wh ch
wo arc entitled to oxp?ot from Mr.
North under the law to bo given at
thc samo time. Hut wc do object to in
formation c incoming one sido being
given to tho world whilo information
which we are entltlod to under the
law, giving us sumo Insight Into the
othor aide of thc question ls suppress
ed.
Wc are willing to accord justice to
othor, and wo Intend to demand jus
tice for ourselves.
Will Mr. North please explain why
he has not oom pl led with bis Instruc
tions from the congress of the United
States? Verv truly,
R. M. MlXHON,
Burned to Death.
Tho summer home of William
Thompson at Harmony Grove, N H.,
was burnod Tuesday morning. Two
persons wcro burned to death. Tho
victims are Mrs. Lidia Thurston and
W. M. Thompson. Thc origin or tho
tiro is a mystery.
A FATAL FALL
Through, tho Domo of tho Stato
Capitol at Columbia.
At, the State Ho:-se ia Columbia oa
Tuesday ot last week while faul bbl lng
his name on oue of the iron girders
between the bases of the inner and
cuter shells of the capitol dome, Wal
roo H. Scruggs, Jr., tho fifteen year
old son of a well known traveling
clothing salesman, stepped into one
of tho two foot squares of tho dilling
proteoted only by tin, and fell forty
foot headforemost on to the marblo
floor of the outer lobby between tho
two houses of tim legislature, dashing
out his brains and killing himself in
stantly.
With him was a oompanlon, P. W.
Bull, who had Just ilnished writing
his namo in the adjoining pand.
These two names and that of G. S.
Rents aro sorlbled In largo whlto let
ters all over that section of tho dome.
When he fell through Scruggs was
Just reaching tho ilist '-g" In his
name, a long whlto mark extending
down the girder in tho direction of
the punoturcd square.
This is a dangerous celling, but lt
scorns impossible to prevent a miscel
laneous assortment of people from
streaming Into thc dome, though thlj
accident will likely result In some ac
tion being taken along this Hue- On
the dav of tho adjournment of thu
last legislature tho llttlo daughter of
W. H. Moickton, a Columbia mer
chant, fell shrough one of theso
squares, but was saved by tho bal
cony, and though she foll 26 feet she
was uninjured.
W. W. 1'rlco, now a well known
Washington nowspapor correspondent
several years auo whilo working on a
Columbia newspaper fell partially
through one of these squares while
spying ou a political convention In
session In the hall of the House of
Representatives,
Shot by n HurKlar.
Burglars that have aroused tho
vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., for the
past few wc( ks reached a climax
Wednesday morning, when Mrs. A. C.
Morrill, daughter of E. C. Converse,
chairman of tho finance committee of
the United States Stocd corporation,
was hit by a bullet ll reel by a burglar
and seriously if not fatally Jnjured.
About 3 o'clock Wednesday morning
Mis. Morrill's nurse was awakened by
the flash of a burglar's lantern in her
face. She screamed and her eries at
tracted Mrs. Morrill ard as she cn
tcred the rocm tho burglar tired, tho
bullet striking her In tho chin, glano
lng down, landing in the shoulder.
Thc burglar also beat the nurse over
the head and shoulders with his re
volver. After the shooting he made
his escape. The police found that
an entrance was effected by forcing
thc front door. A mau claiming New
York as his home was arrested. The
police believe he ls tho burglar. lie
gave his name as Joint llrown and
said that he carno toGrecnwioh to
call on a friend employed at the home
of Mrs. Morrill.
Dismissed.
As a result of tho court martial
proceedings against Commander Ber
nard O. Scott, who several weeks ago
ran the cruiser Detroit aground at
Pueta Plata, Santo Domingo, that
chicer has been dismissed from the
servies, thc President having approv
ed the proceedings, ilnd:ngs and sen
tence of tho court. Among the speci
fications ngainst Commander Scott
was that of drunkeness, and lt w:-.s
also alleged that he wa?" guilty of a
number of indiscretions a*. Guatana
mo, Cuba. Tho Def! ll although
disabled by the lons of < no of her pro
peller blades, was not seiliusty dam
agod. Commander Scoot was appoint
ed to the N.\ val Academy from Ala
bama in June, 1870, and received his
present commission of commander in
August, ino:}._
(..m.i Softool System.
A development of tho school sys
tem In New York unheard of and un
thought of u till ab.mt sixteen years
ago ls the systom of free Iodines to
adults. Theso free lec'.uroa were be
gun lu six school houses In the winier
of 1880. At tho prcsant time they
are given In 1 10 centres In New York,
tho majority of willoh are In school
buildings. List year 4,666 lectures
were attended by tho astounding total
of 1,134,000 persons. Lectures on
travel, history sociology, literature
and art ara Illustrated bj storooptlcon
views. Lectures In elect rici ty, phy
sics, metallurgy, etc, are illustrated
by experiments and lectures in murdo
by vocal and instrumental selections.
Paid A Just Penalty
Henry W. Manseer, thc OtiwcgO
county farmer band, who murdered
pretty 12 year old Cora Sweet, wa*,
executed in Audubon, N. Y., prison
at 6:16 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Mansers or 1 roe was tho most brutal
nauseating in thc criminal history of
Otwego county. His victim was a
child of a well-to db farmer in the
town of Soriba, a few milos from the
city of O?wego. O.i }>l\y 28 Mxnsei i
met thc girl on her way to Sunday
schcol, lured her into the woodi and
then killed ber by pounding her side
Into a shapeless mass wi tn a stone.
Kiln il by Cotton.
A vory sad accident occured near
Vanees on M nd sy wc k ?go, which re
sulted in the death of Arthur, thc
live-year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur
ray. Mr. Murray's children were play
ing In his cotton on about two bales
of newly gat bored seed cotton. They
had dug a hole in the midst of the pile
of cotton, down to tho door, when Ar-1
thur got down Into lt, probably to
m ike tho hole largor, when tho cotton
fell on him, sulf loatlng him. Ho was
gotten out as speedily as possible, and
everything possible dono bo save him.
All proved unavailing.
Fur Snnkn Hilo,
As Farmer Arthur L. Mitchell, of
North Woodbury, Gonn., was cutting
foe'd )r corn In a lowland lot a big roe!
? adder blt his loft wrist. Mr. Mltcholl
toro tho reptile elf, ran for tho bouse
and drank a quart of whiskey, which
neighbors brought him. Ih suffered
terribly all night, but the liquor ls
having tho desired eilVct, physicians
say, and ho may recover.
Filootrooutod.
At Waterbury, Conn., on Tuesday
of last week one man was electrocuted
and one is dying at a hospital and a
third ls seriously burned as a result of
coming Into contact with a llvo wire
at tho Sohovillo manufacturing plant.
Death from c ming In OOO tact with
llvo electric wires are becoming almost
an cvory day ocourronco,
Hanged HI ms* If.
Frederick Mercer, a negro 47 years
old, hanged himself to a door knob In
Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday. Whoo
found his bod/ was hi an almost hor
izontal positon with his hoad only a
foot from thc floor.
SENSATIONAL STORY.
Thirty-llyo American* Rtfported li-nt
onToR-Vs Ship,
A. dispatch ?rom New O/lear.s to
tho Atlanta Constitution says from
nformatlon noelved hero lt ls believ
ed that a number of American gun
ners went down in , the explosion
which tank Admiral Togo's flagship,
tho Mikas?, and at the same time
threw light upon the cause for the
remark! bl? marksmanship which do
vasted tho Buvslau Baltic ilse! in tho
battle ot the Sea of Japan.
Joseph Morgan, of thisolty, broths/
of Charles Morgan, formerly gunner
on Admiral Sampson's flagship, Ne?
York, states thal ?he A mer loan gun
ner J )lnod till Japanese navy and waa
a member of the orew of the MI kaia.
Guuuer Charlea Morgan ls said to b*
ono of tho thirty-live Amorlcau man
o'-warraen who deserted at Manila and
Joined the Japanese navy.
It nas he who tired the Amt Phot ak
San J uau. Porto Rico, aud subssq lent
ly obtained notoriety through AU mir
ai Sampson's opposition to his recolv
lug the rank of commissioned officer
lu the United States navy.
Morgan's skill aa a gunner wai cela
brated lu tho navy, and his brother
states that Captain Merrill, formerly
stationed at the United States navy
yard at New Orloaus, told,him bis
brother deserted at Manila, and, with
thirty-live comrades, joined the Jap
aneso forces, receiving a salary of $5
00 a month, with a promise of a bonus
at tho end of the year.
Heretofore lt has boen claimed that
thc J apa??se have om ployed no for
cign nighters, and tho fact that Joseph
Morgan has heard nothing from hi*
brother for over a year, after a fomor
regular correspondence, bears out tho
belief that American gunners wero
secured under bond of sccreoy.
A B.iLI) ROBBER.
A liuno 11 Ivliw r\y m on Uold-Up mill
It .lined a Conch*
A dir.path from Lounder, Wjomlng,
says a typical Western stage robbery
by a lone highwaymen too* place b j
bwoon Mrersville and Rengls, on tho
Rocky Mountain Stage Company's
run, last week. Tue highwayman
took all the valuables from the ex
press box, robbed the mall sacks,
and took tho cann from the three
passengers and the driver down the
brail, wi ,n I ni tr uot lons to keep going
without louklng back on pain of bo
lng shot.
The stage with its three passongcrs
was bowling along aa a good rate
when suddenly the command to halt
rang out and a masked roan arose
from behind a boulder, two guns in
his hands, covering the driver. With
a curt remark that "tho first man
who attempts to resist will bc shot, "
tho highwayman forced the passen
gers and drhcr to alight and range
themselves with their backs to him
and their hands above their heads.
"If any man looks round I'll kill
li!rn," said the robber.
After bu?ylng himself a few minu
tes with tho mail and express, the
robber forced each man to step back
of thc lined-up people and took their
pocket books one at a time. He re
fuse 1 wa .olios, but took all the pis
tols In sight. All were ordered into
the stage and went on their way.
Itovoftls Awful H?;crots,
A dis pat Oh from Kinat, N. D., says
tho dead body of Charles Herzig, who
left a written confession that ho was
guilty of a murder committed near
Youngstown, Ohio, over thirty years
ago, has been found by a posso of
seaiohors. Tlie body was hanging to
a tree in a included ravine in the
county of Wallace. Pinned to lils
breast was a piece of wrapping paper,
on which was written a confession of
his orimo. Around lils neck was a
shred of thin green stulT such as wo
men use for fnee veils, lt is recaller!
by a former Youngstown man there
that Lizzie Grombacher wore such a
voil when murdered and that part of
lt wns used to st rangle lier. Tho piece
foi nd about Herzig's neck ls supposed
to be thc remainder of the veil, as lie
showed such a piece to a fellow ranch
man to whom ho told the story of lils
or J mn, declaring that lie had kept lt
all these years to use in anding his
own lifo some day.
found f-'onitiio. v
An Iron pot cantaiulng $60,000 In
gold coln, the newest of which was
116 years old, wai found on the farra
of James Ul vern, near Chesterlleld, S.
(J., by Tyler Teal, a white laborer,
and Will Edwards, a negro, while en
gaged recently in digging a dltoh,
The p;it was carried to a point 2
miles away and burled near a creek
bank. When, two days later tho
th.dors went after the pot lt had mys
beriouily disappeared. Tho negro
charges the white man with having
appropriated the money and hidden
lt from Jilin, while Teal declares thc
story is all a j ko and no pot was un
earthed. Edward sticks to ids story
and has produced proof of lu genuine
ness. Datootlve J. I). Evans, who
1ms associated with him one of the
b:st detectives In tho south, who were
omploycd by the negro, and who have
since been working on tho case,
have secured evldercs confirming the.
dlHC.iVory of the hidden, wealth, but
thus f .tr no trace of the gold lias been
found.
Killed hy Blind lijara.
A dispatch from Jackson, M'.si.
says Governor Vardaman received a
letter from District Attorney Brewer
of thc eleventh dlatrict notifying him
that a negro named Janies Wills, liv
ing in tho interior of Tallahassee
county was taken to tho woods by
threo white men and shot to death,
he was burned, Tba negro, it seems,
had bought some whiskey from one or
the white mon and afterwards in
formed on him. The district attor
noy asked the Kovernor to take action
lu tho case.
]<'ront m tho North.
Reports fr.?ii No>? England state
that that fioctlon was visited hy frost
Wednesday Dight. Much damage was
done to crops. In Nev/ York state
frost was reported in sevsral sections.
At, Cane, l'a., and In northern Ver
mont snow fell. The freezing point
was readied at Concord, N. H., and
Augusta, Maine. A high wind saved
tho cranberry crop in tho Capo Cod
district.
Generous Woman.
Mrs. Harriett Murohlson Beckwith
has subscribed *i.\ooo toward tho fund
raised by hennciasvlllc to induce tho
Presbyterian college now at Clinton, 11
to looato at llonnettsvlllo. Sho isis
the woman who presented thc town
of Mennotlsvllie with a thirty thous
and dollar schoolhouse a few years
ago. I c
BRYAN'8 BOOM ?TAltTS.
.i.? /
wm tho Uroat Dciuooratio header
Doollno? tho Honor.
"I want ?o make my uotdtlon per
tootly clear, I want to say to you that
?ot only am I not announolng a oau
Jldaoy, but I am not permitting a
jaudldaoy."
lu these words William Jennings
Bryan adrnlnlsterod a oheok to trie
anthuBiasm which, at the Jefferson
olub banquet, given In Mr. Bryan's
honor at Chicago, greeted the speech
es advocating bis nomination for the
third time for president.
"lam notnow" said Bryan, "a can
didate (or any ellice. I bavo never
laid that I would never again bo a
candidate for efl leo but I want to say
now that .alic of candidacy for ofiloc
donn not affect me as lt oboe did. I
believe that my place In history will
be determined not by what the poo
pie are ablo to do for me but by what
1 am able to do fer the people (ap
plauso ard cheers.) I think lt U
now too soon to ohooso a candidate
for president to make the race three
years from now; lt ls too early to
pledge onnud voy to any ono man. 1
.lust that boforo tho ti rue comes tc
name a man for the next
presidential race light may be thrown
upon cur path tray and that a man
may bo chosen who will be able to do
for thc party more than I have been
rvble to do.
At tho banquet alluded to abDve
Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, was cor
dially greeted as he aroso to speak on
"The Progress of Municipal Owner
ship." Ho eulogized Bryan and pre
dicted the ultimate triumph of the
principal of municipal ownership.
Ollie M. James, of Kentucky,
brought out round after round of ap
plauso by tho eulogy of Bryan and
the plea for Demooratlo harmony
with which he olosed a speech In
which he daolared that Bryah had
long ago declared in favor of crushing
the trusts, reforming tho tariff anti
bringing to arbitration all lnternatlou
Ed disputes.
? In a brief address Judge J. B. Tar
vin, of Covington, Ky., declared for
Mr. Bryan as the standard bearer of
Democracy In iuo8.
Mr. Bryan then rose to speak, ne
was greeted with an onthuslastio
lemor.siratlon and it was some min.
ates before tho applause subsided
lufllolently to allow him to proceed,
lie spoke on "Democracy vs Centrali
zation.' i
TOO MUCil WHISKEY
In GortKln Patent Modlolnos to ho
Sold Wimont Liioonso.
A dispatch from Washington says
the commissioner of internal rovouuo
Thursday rendered a decision that
will seriously affect a number of pv
tent medicines composed largo'y or
Distilled liquors. He has roversod a
ruieing of his department made manj
years ago and now decide* that the
manufacturers of these medicines
must take out license as roct'.llors aud
liquor dealers and that druggists and
ethers handling thom will have to pay
tho usual retail liquor dealers' license.
The commissioner, In a lotter of in
itruotlon to collectors of Internal rove
nue, says that thero aro a humber of
compounds on the market going un
der tho nama of m od lol no?--tl. '.
oomposed chlelly of distilled spirits,
without the addition of drugs or
medicines In sn 111 dent quantities to
ohaugc the character of the whiskey.
While no statement ls marlo by thc
commissioner as to the medicines that
will he affected, lt is believed that
several prominent and highly adver
tised medicined will ba affected by the
decision.
In some instances the medicines
have boen found to contain as high as
45 per cent, of alcohol, and there aro
many on the market, lt ls said, that
contain 25 percent, of alcohol. These
medicines are said to have Immense
sales In prohibition communities, lig
ures collected in Massachusetts recent
ly showing, lt ls said, that one much
advertised compound with a high per
centage of whiskey had been bought
to the extent of 300,000bottles in one
year In prohibition communities ot
one New England Stato.
ninny I'orHoiis I)ni>tlznU.
Tho Greenville news says eighty
nine persons were baptized In Green
villo county Sunday and by only two
minister?. The number of converted
must be gratifying to thone gcod peo
ple who are disturbed nowadays by
statistics showing that even New
York cannot he called a Christian
L?lty, and many tither tilings equally
alarming. Tho Kev. Jones presided at
Kooree, where 17 persons, both men
ind women, wore placed under thc
waters of tho stream. At Reedy river,
n the Union Bleaching company's
reservoir, the Rev. Seago and an as
sistant were also engaged in the good
work, and no less than 12 young men
ind women con fer sf. d tho faith there
Sunday morning snd wore gently dip
>ed beneath the clear, ecol waters of
he stream, At both places hundreds
it peoplo had gathered from miles
iround and they must bav? been Im
>resscd with what they saw. Such de
nonstrations for the SH ko of religion
ire not so frequent as they once were.
Two such as tttoso of Sunday can bard
y fall to stir up religious enthusiasm
md bring about groat and lasting re
ul Us.
rtlxty tiijitrotl.
Sixty passengers were Injured, nine
eriously, by tho overturning of a
railer attached to a traction car on
he Homestead division of tho Pitts
>urg, Pa., Hallway company near tho
Henwood brldgo early Wednesday.
Dbe accident was caused by the failure
if the brakes to work. The car and
?railer were crowded to their fullest
ia pac! ty. There ls a steep grado from
bo Glenwood bridge to Hays J uko
lon, where CMS hranoh off for sur
ounding point?, and great caution ls
ised by rnotormon. Tho brakes refus
al to r.ct proporly Wednesday, bow
yer, and thc oars descended thc grade
vi ttl unusual speed. At Hays June
ion there le a sharp curve. Tho first
ar managed to round tho curve, but
ho trailer, carrying 50 passengers,
vas thrown from Cte track. A scene
if almost indescribable confusion fol
owed as the upset trailer was dragged
.long a Considerable distanoo before
ho motor car could ho stopped. Hvery
mo of tho passengers wan bruised and
njured. It is expected that all of tho
njured will ultimately recover.
?Munt linn,' in ( linnell.
Asnoolate Justlco Gary, to whom
jawyer Boyd H vans applied in tho
lope of keeping the Union dispensa
Irs open pending his appeal to the
upreme oourt, has sustained Judge
Townsend. The caso can still go he
ore tho full supremo court; but mean
vhile tho dlsponrarlos must remain
dosed,
y
STEEPED IN CHIME.
A. Boy Goos to tho Penitentiary for
ICIfChtecn Yoiyrn.
Tiic Greenville Now? says toongi
hie attorneys pleaded long and earnest
ly for acquittal on tho ground that
Mrs. Brothers had failed to Identify
her assailant, lt took tho jury in th?
general sessions court Wednesday lest
than au hour to declare Rufus J?ok
son, coloree1, guilty of attempted crim
inal assault.
The crime wa? committed in a cot
ton field near Grove Station a yeai
?BO. Mrs. Brothors was picking oot
ton at the time, aud though she suo
ceeded lu shaking the negro off, ht
made good his esoape and for sovora
days the boy's whereabouts, for h*
was only eighteen years old, were a
mystery. It was not lon? boforo om
piece of circumstantial ovldeno* after
?nether led to Jackson's arrest, anr.
when tho deputy sheriff brought hin
before Mrs. Brothers she identified
bim most positively, and ho wa.
brought to J.\il.
A mouth or two later tho negro wa
Admitted to ball by some magistrate
and it was only a short time ago tba
he lost one eye and oame ucar losing
bis lifo in an attempt to cuter thc
room of a negro woman in the night
time. It is also said on reliable au
thority that this same Rufus Jackson
while out of Jill under bond wrote an
Insulting note to a white woman In
Laurens oouuty, aud also aokually as
saultod a half-witted negro girl at the
point of a pistol.
These latter facts woro not allowed
to oomo into the case for they had no
connection with it, but they aro no
secrets and yo a long way toward mak
lng up Jackron's oharaoter. The sta
lute llxos tho punishment for attempt
?d criminal assault at not moro than
:$0 years in the penitentiary, and Judge
Dantzler gave him tho full limit.
Hoad Man at Holm.
A doad man held tho wheel of tho
schooner Unas. Lovy Woodbury dur
lng several hours ol tho night of Au
gust 8 ou her trip to Honolulu from
Laysan Island. Ile was Japanese mern
ber of the crow, and died clutohing
tho wheel, lie was found still holding
lt, and the vessel, though greatly dam
aged by a hurricane, which is suppos
ed to have caused his death from over
exertion, readied port in safety. Cap
tain Harris, who was In command,
saya that lils vessel was swept along
at the rate of nine knots an hour willi
out a stitch of canvas on her. Ile gave
up hope of saving her, and said good
by to Captain Sohlemar, of Layson,
who was a passenger. Bulwarks were
knocked away to keep the decks clear
of water and oil was poured on thc
waves. Thc schooner ran for tl ve days
and nights helpless in the gale with
out the captain being able to take an
observation by either sun, moon or
stars. Tho Japanese who died com
plained of feeling sick when ho took
hin place as steersman, and lie asked
a companion to stand by bim for a
time. No ons saw him dio. He was
found dead and still' and boldlug the
wheel as wheu alive. Ile had fallen
forward, but his hands hold on, and
tho vessel was holding lier course fair*
ly well.
HI); Match Fire.
Tho Greenville Nows says Uro do
abroyed a carload of matches at tho
Southern railway depot at 3 o'olook
Wednesday morning. The fire de
partment had to bo called to put out
the Hames which wero bursting
through tho roof when some of the
yard orow discovered what had hap
pened. The car was standing nour
the old freight depot at the time, but
it was immediately coupled to an ori
gine and rolled down the yard to (hs
R?e?v river embankment, where tho
tl re nun began to work with tho
Mimes. For half an hour they pou rod
a stream of water Into the hui sting
matches before thc Hames wore entire
ly out. The matches were a total
loss and tho carload was valued at
il,500. The damage to the car was
considerable. Most Of tho roof and
woodwork on one 'nd will have to be
roplaced and the expense will roach
$100. Wliy thc matches should have
taken lire is not knowu. lt is sup
posed that they wero jolted in some
way and tho ll ames resulted.
Fired Into tho Crowd,
At Tl ills many Social Democrat!
wore killed or wounded at 10 o'clock
Tuesdiy night hi a cor.tl ?ct with Cos
sacks at the town hall and many were
trampled to death In a subsequent
panic. Two thousand Social Demo
crabs had forced an entrance Into tho
town halli which was closed owing
to the celebration of a religious holi
day, the beheading of John the Bap
tist. Revolutionary speeches were
made and the chit f of police ordered
the mooting to disperse. Part of
those present obeyed but the remain
der remained and some revolvers wero
ll rod. A largo fore? of Cossacks
drawn up outside the building thou
llred a volley Into the crowd, time and
timo again killing .'IO and wounding
upwards of 70. In the disusing pan
ic mar.y persons foll and were tram
pled to death by their comrades and
thc pursuing Cossacks,
A Holy War.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
says a linly war has been proclaimed
In tlic Caucasian districts af Z?n
stzur and Jcbralal, whore Tartars are
massaorolng tho Armenians without
a distinction of sex or ag >, Thc
country ls swarming with bands of
Tartars under thc leadership of their
ohlefs. Many thousand of Tartar
horsemen have crossed the Perso
Ruoslan frontier and Joined the in
surgents in destroying Armenian
villages. At the village of Mlnkond,
three hundrod Armenians were
slaughtered. Dispatches say that
mutilated children were thrown to
the dogs and that thc few survivors
wore forced to submit to Isiamism in
order to save their lives.
Murder Ami Niiioldn.
A special from Tarpon Springs says
at (l o'olook Wednesday evening O. fe.
Paul, a well known contractor, walk^
cd into thc boarding house of Hiram
Pent of that plao-j, ano as Mis wlfo
came to meet him at the dining room
Paul shot ber down with a double
barreled shotgun and then ran into
the back yard, shooting himself with
tlic contents of thc other barro!. Paul
was Instantly killed but his wife lived
10 minutes. Paul had been drinking
hoavily, it ls said, for several weeks.
No statements woro made by oither
party as tn tho cause of tho Shooting.
Nothing to H Ay,
Tho stato board of control mot on
Tuesday in Columbia. Thero was
somo expectations that they would lo
sco a statement in reply to Senator
Tillman's charges, hut they say nov?
?-that tiiey will answer tho senator
I whon thoy thins: lt is proper to do flo.
SENTIMENT CHANGING.
South Carolin? for Prohibition ?nd
Bf ?I HO Turning A-Sfthist Ii.
The Washington Post saya it ls a
rather remarkable fact that, although
lie nomocracy, as a national organ!/,
itlon, has always neon opposed, to
'sumptuary laws," such as statutory
prohibition of tho liquor tm ill ), the
iiostaud the best kind of probl -dtlon
s now found in tho fow States that
tro solidly planted lu the Democratic
columns. Tho Boston Globo notes with
nterest that while Aluino is growing
moro and moro uneasy about the sys
,em of prohibition, and getting readt
for a campaign of resubmission to thc
leoplo of tho whole question, Georgia
iud South Oarollna uro oarnestly talk
(ng prohibition. Thc Globo states that
Already In Georgia 103 ocUDtios have
io license, 28 have dispensaries, and (>
:iavo high liomso. The effort now ls,
nays the Globe, to have the legislature
pr?vido a system of "Stite option"
jndcr which the six counties en Jo?
would b3 wip?d out. .Our Boston CJU
temporary adds that:
"lu South Carolina there ;sa re
nark .b'.e movement to elmo up th*
ilspensarles, and Senator Tillman p^
poses to leave tho question to the
Democratic primary. Tuc prohibition
sis in South Oarollna, as well as in
lecrgla, are cst. tl .lent that their cause
?rill win if presented to the people.
"At the samo time lt In curious that
&he opponents of prohibition in Maine
ind Kansas, where the system has
?leen tried, arcas co: lident that tho
people aro ready to vote against a oon
Mnuance of the present reg I mo as the
Georgia and South Oaroltnan prohib?
zionists aro that their case need? only
to be presented to lind acceptance at
tho hands of thc people."
Tho Post ls in receipt of a very long
and intensely earnest communication
from a South Carolina Domoora J who,
after applying to tho liquor trude In
his State all thc epithets that used to
be hurled at the rumscllcrs ard their
places of business In Maine sixty years
ago, closes by quoting this stanza from
a song that was sung at temporalice,
meetings In New longland by the
grandparents of tho present genera
tion:
"Toll mo I bato the bowl?
11 ato is a feeble word;
I loathe, abhor, my very soul,
With strong disgust ls stilled
When I ree, or hear, or tell
Of tho dark beverage of helli"
HIDDEN T?EA8U?JB
la Found In Mlohlgan by Two Men
ijxst Wotk.
Excitement prevails at Northport
owing to the reported finding of a
troasureof $l?O,000, suppose to be the
booty of two robbers who committed
theft In Chicago about tho time of the
great Uro.
Last week two aged stranger', ap
pearod in Northport and hired a boat
to tako thom to North Fox Island,
some miles In thc bay. Later they re
turned to Northport and secured a
quantity of supplies, lt was learned
that tlicy woro provided with maps
and charts.
When tho strangers started to re
turn to the Islaud lt is reported that
Jay Spangel, a barber, and .Too Gag
non a blacksmith, followed in a lauuoh
and watched their movements. Soon
after the man who oarrlod the strang
ors to the island returned after tools.
In the meantime it ls reported that
Spangel and Gagnon located tho troa
sure and got lt. Telephone communi
cation with thc islanel was cut elf and
the story as reported from Northport
by ono of tho men is believed to be
correct.
In thc late GO's or carly 70\s a groat
robbery took place In Chicago. Vi ls
stated by some that the robbery took
place during the groat Chlcag i lire. A
large amount of money was stolon hy
two men, who escaped by a small
schoonor, but were pursued by OtllJors.
They eluded the vigilauoo of their
pursuers and after several days out
sighted South Fox Island.
It is believed they buried tho trea
sure, on North Fox Island, then unin
habited.
A number of years afterward a mau
in a Canadian prison died. But heforo
he died ho Imparted Information of thc
robborv and tho location of tho treas
ure. While, lu prison he m ule a chart
of thc island, showing tho exact loca
tion of the gold. Before ho died he
sent tho chart to his wife. Tho wid
ow married again and to her husband
confided tho secret. The husband did
not believe tho story and tho chart
was lost.
In later years tho husband In mak
lng a trip from Mackinaw to Traverse
City pasicd tho Fox Islands and rolat
ed the story of tho buried treasure to
the sailors, lt ls believed that the
sailors, who iioard tho story, in some
way carno poesossod of the chart and
that they Bought to unoarth the treas
uro.
Dononnoos Society,
"Modem society ls as Corrupt as
hell." The3c were tho words of Bishop
Bowman, the vendable member of the
lOvangolloal Association, who arose like
a patriarch at the meeting of tho Ohio
c-inference in Columbus, Onlo, Wed
ncsday, In the midst of a boated dis
cussion of tho tcmpcramv"! question
and thc hold that the saloon and Oox
clement lias on tho lt? pu I/Hean part.i
of tho Slate. "Modern society isa. o ir
rupt as boll.' Yes, 1 said I?; 1 will say
lt again," declared the Bishop after
ward. "1 mean hy that card play big
boor drinking, gambling, dancing
horse racing. These things aro the
teachings of tho devil, arel what else,
thou, than tho corruption of hell. 1
eion't moan exaoUy that all olasses of
soolety are; corrupt, but what is popu
larly tormed as sodomy whore thc
wealthy and tho moderately wealthy
follow tiio glare of amusements und
spend their time In rleitous living when
not engaged in making money to dis
sipate.
Hollo (lilla to Oo.
A dispatch from Allentown. Pa.,
says deciding to spend $200 OOO in In?
stalling girltss telephone plants horr
ane! in li4/.loton, ti'O manaircmout ?f
thc Codsoiidatcd Telephone company
deprived moro than loo telephone
girls of their Jobs. Thoy will be out
as soon as tho now plants aro ready,
December I. Tuc 00 girls gob so
cross about it that many left instant
ly and tho service is greatly imparcd.
The dlroctors of tho ay nd I oa te say
they aro sorry for tho girls, but they
calculate On running each glrlless ex
l?iiango at a saving of $20,000 a year.
If tho trial plants aro as successful
as lt is believed thoy will bo, thc
girloss system will bo Installed lu tho
anti rc Consolidated territory, willoh
Includes Scranton, Wilkosbruro and
thc teri other largost cities of Penn
dy vania east Of tho Suseiuchanna rlv
ar. Moro than 100 girls aro omployod
In tho exchanges.
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POISON IN OUR FOOD.
Kills Do;;.:, lUbblta ?nd Other Ant
ninia in Expart Tost.
To demonstrate tho effect, of im
pure foods on the human system,
Professor Eugene Girard, one of the
chief chemists of tho International
Stewards Aisociatlon, which is in
session at tho Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic
City, startled the delegates and a
targe number of tho outsiders by
showing tho elTeots of a remarkable
experiment ho has been making
on animals fed with Impurities found
in fL>cd sold throughcut the country.
Prof Girard had on hand a oollec
tlon of rabbit?, guiuea pigs and doga.
Professor Girard extracted tho color
lng mutter us.d in brea-ls'ulTs snd
f?d a healthy New Foued'and don
from day to day on tills subatamc,
nvxing lt with his food. To day the
dog is thin and emaciated and it will
have to bo killed on Thursday.
O'uher coloring matter that Pro
fessor Girard fed to guinea pigs aud
rabbits killed the animals lu a short
time. Tuc tissues and every organ
w?s found to bo poisloned and dis
colored.
Profesor Girard stated that the
adulterations In the foods sold to- day
arc having tho same ?T?ot on thous
ands of persons.
Thoro ls a big exhibit of pure and
and impure foods lu the grotto of tho
Hotel Rudolf, and Professor Girard
explains the methods used In analy
zing the various produc?s. Tho Stew
ards' Assjolation has become so
strong that many corporations dealing
in food stu IT i make no attempt to
place their goods on the market un
less they aro first subjected to an
anaylsis bylts chemists.
BOU WD AND T0R1URBD,
Won't t by Illinois Fm mors Badi j
Treated by Tbree Bandits.
A dispatch to tho Ohloago Racord
llerald from Elgin, 111., sayB:
Bound, gaged and torlursd by Are
by three bandits xrtho sought to make
them rovcal thc hiding plaoe of a trea
sure they thought concealed In the
house, Andrew and John Fohren, old
and wealthy farmors living near Spring
L'.ke, twelvo miles north of there, ave
in a serions condition and it ls feared
that the shock and injuries may prove
fatal to Andrew, the elder of tho two
brothers.
Andrew, after the robbers had
searched the houso and taken SHOO,
managed to free himself from the
thongs which bound him and started
across thc helds to seouro help. The
solos of his feet were blistered, how
ever, and before he had gono far he
fainted and foll Into a ditch, where he
iay until after daylight. Finally he
revived and made his way to a oheese
factory, where he g&vo the alarm, but
the bandits liad gained a start of sev
eral hours and could not bo found.
Tho bandits appeared Tuesday night
and when refused admittance battered
In the door and overpoworod tho old
men after a brief striegle. They
marched the houso, and duding only
MOO, concluded that a larger sum wan
concealed somewhere. They beat and
rjhoked their victims and finally Ac
piled lighted papers to the ?ole of their
.'ect to mane them tell where thc sup
posed troa'ure was hidden.
After half an hour of excruciating
torturo John Fohren fainted from pain
Mid the robbers left. John was uncon
scions when assistance arrived, but re
vived and ls In a leas serious condition
than his elder brother.
Divides i lin Foo.
W. J. Bryan has divided all of the
fee allowed him for services as execu
tor of the will of Pidi? S Bennett,
according to a letter by him to a
friend at ll ard ford among Interests
iot personal. Ho was allowed 12,500
r.it, of which he had expended about
?800 to mcot tho inheritance tax,
MOO for a bust of Mr. Bennett to be
placed In thc Salem, III., Public Ll
Drary and about $100 will bo sent to
RbV. Alex\nder E. Irvine forthecdu
?allon of bia two sons. Tho rcmatnd
.r went for lawyers' fees. Mr. Irvlno
Xnduoted the funeral scrvlcos of Mr.
Kennett and was his friend in lifo.
Mum bo Nurubeirod?
The postotllec department has is
Hied an order which will go into of
root on Septoiuboi SOfch requiring all
rural houses to bo numbered the
?ame as tho houios In tho olty. The
jrders stato that all of tho boxes must
icar tho number Instead of the names
>f occupante of thc houses to hotter
'acilltato tim rural dolivory work.
The carriers have a certain routo to
;o every day, and ho goos tho samo
,vay ditly, and the ordar statc3 thal
io will have io nurabor tho lirst box
ni lils route "No. 1," and so on to
?dio cud of his route.
-writing, English branches, "Pull
o conree of either Business or Sherr
in about 20 days. Can\supply do
ouse for the State.
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ils report to the supremo oourt in re
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lon, in which ho shows tis afc more
iban ono-fourth of tho voters signed
ihe petition and that tho clcotloa W?S
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